MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 663, 13 November 1909, Page 15

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr. G, Blddoll, S.M.) SPECULATION. John M. Umg pleaded guilty to charges of stealing two bides of white printing paper, oi the raltie of £3 10g. Gel. and ,£2 3s. each, belonging to Gordon and Gtrtch. ( Mr. Weston, representing the owners of tie paper, stated that licensed was the head of one of Gordon and Gotch's departments, aud it appeared that theso thefts extended over a period,of th« 6 years. .So far as the firm could ascertain, tlio amount involved was totwe«n,.S6o and JC7O. The Moused need to gvre goods to the carter to be entl-rcd m the lattoi j took nnd invoiced in the ; name of C. Pratt and Co. This was done mtl|out Pratf s knoyledfje. lainir called upon customore personal)? nnd would give the receipt " Pratt and Co., p(T 'Mr. Herdman, for accused, asked his Wo •- ship tojnfiict a fine, to order him. to conjo up for sentence if called upon, or to npplr tho benefits of the Probation Act. His clierl was a married man, and, apart-from his corduct in this instance, he bore, an excellent character. Ho had bocomo pressed for mone.f throngh horse-iacms. His Worship said that he could not extend the Probation Act to accused on whom ii penalty must be imposed He would, howler, make'it l! a' l itionetoTy one, and Jjjied Lamß ilO on oactfth'Sfse. «}

REMANDED CHARGES V Two young men, "named Wm. Doveroaux and Harold Pearce, ivcre charged tilth breaking and entering the iouso oi'Herman "VVollerraan at Houghton Bay and stealing various articles of a total value ol JE3 Bs, Mid with breaking and ontering the hopso of Mary Alcom at tho some bay, and stealing articles valued at .520. On tho application N of Chief Detective Broberg, the oases we,"e remanded until Wednesday.

J- INSOBRIETY. For insobriety, one hrst offender was convicted and discharged, 'and two wc ro fined Bs and 10e. rispectiTcly. Elisabeth Albeon Woods and Albert Hesifick were lined 10s. each, Annie M'Grath, with seventeen convictions, ■nas fined 20s, and John Cameron irai sent to prison for a rfionth. Miohael Wolsh pleaded guilty to charges of dmnkennoss and of resisting Constablo Nolan in the execution of his duty. On the. fijnt charge he wwi fined ss, or 24 hours' imprisonment, and on the latter, a fine of 40? wai inflicted, or in the alcernative li days' imprisonment. |

BY-LAW CASES. Tor allowing cattle to wander, George W&l----don Dickinson >m fined fa., and costs i<>, and Michael O'Brien was fined. 10s.. and costs la, For leaving a car whilst « motion, Thomas Linton was fined Ss., and costs £3 18s.

NO WORK SINCE FEBKTJABY. A youn" man named Harold Bromnev, ivho admitted having done no work since February last, and that he lived by begging meal* from shipS cooks, pleaded guilty to a charge of being a TOguo knd a vagabond, in that he was found by iiglit in a corporation shed. Ho was nven a chance, tvnd was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon. MAINTENANCE. Eobert Eeddy was adjudged the putative father of an lUegitaneta female child, and ordered to pay 7s. per week'towards her maintenance. '

' 'juvenile cow. Five yodthe appeared in the Juvenile Court to MStfe -charges of breaking a window, 73 colouS pectione of glass, and a door panel, theTwper y;of T. G.MacCarthy. The charge ■mmet on* of them wae dismissed. Tho potSterf the" otners were ordered to pay J3 each to make good the damage.